Amoy

[ ah-moi, am-oi ]

/ ɑˈmɔɪ, ˈæm ɔɪ /

noun

Xiamen.

a Fukienese dialect spoken in and around Xiamen, as well as on Taiwan and Hainan.

Example sentences from the Web for amoy

On the morning of the 29th of May, came into the port of Amoy and anchored.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas |W. Hastings Macaulay
The shopkeeping class comes mostly from Fuh-kien and the coast districts of Amoy.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 |Various
Mr. Swinhoe at my request looked at the dogs in China, at Amoy, and he soon noticed a brown dog with yellow spots over the eyes.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. |Charles Darwin
The Viceroy of Amoy sent a flag of truce to demand what was wanted.

A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year |Edwin Emerson

Their Missionary efforts is one of the most striking and praiseworthy characteristics of the Amoy churches.

History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China |J. V. N. Talmage

British Dictionary definitions for amoy

Amoy

/ (əˈmɔɪ) /

noun

a port in SE China, in Fujian province on Amoy Island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River opposite Taiwan: one of the first treaty ports opened to European trade (1842). Pop: 746 000 (2005 est) Modern Chinese name: Xiamen

the dialect of Chinese spoken in Amoy, Taiwan, and elsewhere: a Min dialect

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